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The CoCT Support Program for SMME Development in the Renewable & Energy Efficiency Sector 2017

SAREBI supports viable small enterprises who manufacture or provide services to the renewable, clean and efficient energy sector. SAREBI works with entrepreneurs who are establishing or growing small and medium businesses in the Renewable and Energy Efficiency sectors by offering business support and applying appropriate business development interventions. Our mission is to turn energy entrepreneurs into better business people through appropriate business development interventions.SAREBI’s incubation programme is a high impact programme that takes entrepreneurs through ideation, commercialisation and growth stages.

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has enlisted SAREBI, to implement this Enterprise Development initiative with the specific aim to:

Entrepreneurs who are currently trading and wishes to improve their energy business will benefit from this programme. In order to apply, you need to meet the following minimum criteria;

Have an existing trading business on a renewable or efficient energy technology. Have a focus on small-scale embedded generation (SSEG), solar water heating (SWH), small wind applications, or energy efficiency. Have a deep technical knowledge of their specific technology. A viable take-off market with a track record of sales. Be an entrepreneurial-minded person with an aptitude for running a business. Qualify as either a new business start-up or trading Qualifying Small Enterprise (QSE).

Applicants who successfully complete each stage will have the opportunity to

Participate in our Master Class workshop series to test your business. This Ideation workshop can be applied in new business development or to test the validity of an existing business. Participate in our business readiness pre-incubation workshop series, to develop a new operational business expansion plan or to rethink an existing business plan. Participate in full incubation support, which includes operational support services (Accounting, Industrial Relations, Human Resources, Recruitment support, and IT support)

About the Incubation Programme

Successful Candidates will be selected to join the Masterclass which successively runs over a 6 weeks period starting in October 2017 and the Pre-incubation Programme which runs over a 6 weeks period starting in November 2017. Click here to read more about the Incubation services.

As part of the Masterclass and Pre-incubation Programmes, business owners will work with a team of experienced people who will assist them with enhancing their businesses. They will also receive formal training on various aspects of running a successful business as well as having access to a business coach for the duration of the programme.

Cost & Application Process

A refundable workshop fee of R500 per candidate attending is required for participation in this programme. Applicants who attend all workshops, successfully pitch their business idea and who receives a due performance mark for their homework submissions will get a full refund. No partial refunds will be considered. All applicants must apply via the SAREBI website, at www.sarebi.co.za. Only fully completed applications will be considered.

Application closes on 31 August 2017.

Application reviews will take place in September and the potential candidates will be invited to do a brief pitching presentation of their businesses as part of the interview process. For questions kindly contact Busiswa Galada, the Business Development Officer on 021 577 2719 telephone number or email:busiswa@sarebi.co.za ...

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Trainer Profile – Tina James

Tina has worked in the field of information and communications technologies (ICT) for the past 30 years, with a particular interest in ICTs to support socio-economic development. She has worked extensively in Africa on ICT-related policy and strategy development, research and analysis of the African ICT sector, and has published numerous articles and books on ICT for development (education, economic development, ICT sector).

Since 1997 Tina has run her own consulting firm (icteum consulting), prior to which she held various management positions at the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) where she pioneered the ICT for Development when few were working in this field. She subsequently took up the position of Senior Advisor: Acacia Programme, at the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) which focused on ICT policy, community development and SMEs.

Since 2008 she has focussed on supporting entrepreneurship for women in ICT- and technology-enabled businesses. She is a joint founder and Director of FEMTECH (Pty) Ltd.

In January 2009 she established a new venture, Dancing Divas, in which her dancing, women’s empowerment and entrepreneurial skills have merged to create a dance space for women. The business won the prestigious South African Talk Radio 702 Small Business Award in 2011, in a field of several thousand entries. She has subsequently featured on DSTV’s business channel (SUMMIT TV – the BIG small business) and a number of national publications as an example of a successful small business. The business is currently in an expansion phase.